Pack



Aug. 19, 1924.

| F. NELSON PACK Filed July 31, 1922 z5- LGT.

2/ f 22 *gd /f Patented Aug. 19, 194..

LLOYD F. NELSON, ,OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON.

PACK.

Application led `I'uly 31, 1922. Serial No. 578,623.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, LLOYD F. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bremerton, county of Kitsap, and State 'vide the rack with a ventilated air space by the extending of a canvas or like strip about the same and to provide means for tightening the strip.

A still further object of the invention resides in the rovision of a pack rack that is equipped with a plurality of screw eyes, arranged in alinement in its side members, and to provide a pack sack with openings in its edges for receiving said screw eyes therethrough, and to provlde rods that may then be extended through the eyelets to retain the pack on the rack.

Other objects of the invention reside in the various details of constructionand in the combination of parts and the method of detachably securin the pack to the rack.

In accomplishin t ese and other objects of the invention, have provided lthe im- `roved details of construction, the preferred orms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-f Figure 1 is a perspective `view of a pack embodied by the present invention, illustrating the manner in which it is carried. Figure 2 is a view of the rack to which the pack is attached.

Flgure 3 is a view showing the rack enclosed by the canvas strip which provides the ventilated air space within the rack.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through the rack, taken substantially on the line 4-4 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view ack attached to the rack;.particu larly illustrating the means whereby the sack is detachably secured to the rack.

Referring more in detail to the drawings- The pack rack embodied this invention comprises two vertical bars l and 2, connected rigidly together, in parallel retation, by outwardly curved cross bars 3 and 4 extended between them near the upper and lower ends of the rack. The ordinary type of rackwould be made of wood, about twenty-eight inches'long and fteen inches wide, and is provided with two supporting 'straps 5 and 6 which are attached to the cross piece 3 and are adapted to be extended over the shoulders of the person carrying the pack, as shown in Figure 1, and at their ends have snap fastenings 7 adapted to be connected with screw eyes 8 fixed .in the lower ends of the bars 1 and 2 so that the' space within the rack, l extend a canvas strip 10 about the rack and draw it tightly about the side pieces 1 and 2 and join the ends of the strip by lacing 11, as shown best in Figure 3. Grommets 12 may be fixed in the edges of the strip to receive the lacing and when the lacing is drawn tight the strip will be stretched tightly and, due to the curvature of the iframe bars 3 and 4, there will be formed an Aopen air space 13 between the inner and outer plies of the strip. The strip is held in place by means of screw eyes 14 that are mounted in vertical alinement in the bars 1 and 2 for a purposepresently described, and the strip is provided with slits, as at 15, through which the eyes extend and which permits tightening of the strip as is required.

The pack sack comprises a back wall portion 18 to which a sack 19 is secured. The wall 18 is extended at its upper end to form a flap 20 which may be folded downwardly to cover the o en upper end of the sack, and is provided with a strap 21 that may be attached to a. buckle 22 fastened to the wall of the sack. A

The side edges of the wall 18 extend beyond the sides of the sacky and are provided with oblong grommets 23 adapted to receive therethrough the screw eyes 14 and to be secured thereon by the extending of rods 25 downwardly through the alined eyelets at opposite sides of the sack. The rods 25 have loops 26 at their upper ends forming spring o clips for engaging the upper eyelets to yieldingly hold the rods in place.

With the rack and sack so constructed, 1t

is apparent that the provision of the canvas strip 10 drawn tightly about the rack provides an air space which adds comfort to the carrying of the pack since it prevents the pack from coming directly in contact with the carriers back. This canvas may be kept taut by tightening thelacing 11.

It is also apparent that by the provisionof the screw eyes 14 in the frame bars and the grommets 23 in the edges of the sack, the latter may be easily and quickly applied to the rack or removed therefrom; the rods 25 will securely hold it in position, and the latter will be held in place by their spring clip connection with the upper eyes.

It is readily apparent that the device could be made in various sizes and of various materials and that details in its construction could be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A pack-of the character described, comprising a rack With supporting means secured thereto7 a strip of flexible material enclosing the rack to Aform a ventilated air space and a sack detachably mounted on the rack outside of the said air space.

2. A pack of the class described, comprising a rack having parallel side bars and transverse connecting bars, a strip of flexible material drawn taut about the rack and providing an open air space between inner and outer portions of the strip, supporting straps fixed to the upper, transverse bar,

having means at their ends for detachable connection with the lower ends of the side bars of the rack, and a sack detachably mounted upon the rack on the outer side of the ventilated air space.

3. A pack of the class described, comprising a. rack having side bars and transverse connecting bars, supporting straps xed to the rack, screw e es mounted in the side bars of the rack in almement, a sack mounted on the rack havin openings in its edges through` which t e screw eyes may extend and rods extended through said alined screw eyes to retain the sack thereon.

4. A packof the class described, comprising a rack having parallel, opposite side bars and outwardly curved connecting bars, supporting straps fixed to the upper transverse bar, having hooks at their ends, eyelets mounted in the lower ends of the side bars for receiving said hooks, screw eyes mounted in vertical alinement in the side bars of the rack, a strip of flexible material drawn about the rack with fits ends laced together and forming a ventilated air space within the rack, a sack mounted from the rack on'the outer side of the ventilated air space having openings in its side edges for receiving the screw eyes therethrough, and anchor rods extended through the alined screw eyes to retain the sack secured to the rack.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 24th' da-y of July, 1922. d

LLOYD F. NELSON. 

